7. GREATER LONDON

Abstract

mid-second century A.D., with activity continuing into mid-third century A.D. Cereals and flax have been cultivated, probably for export to Venta Icenorum (c. 11 km to the southwest). Roman ceramic building material including roof-tile indicates the presence of a nearby settlement which has yet to be identified. The farmstead thrived, and could afford imported fine pottery table wares, which may be due to the adoption of the crop ‘gold-of-pleasure’, evidence for which was gained from the barn structure and associated amphora.